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Mar 31 03:03:32 how hard would it be to get this running on a unslung slug? http://www.irshell.com/download/nethostfs_PC_Linux_1.5.zip ?
Mar 31 03:03:44 it's a psp wifi host http://www.phpbber.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=718&mforum=irshell
Mar 31 03:05:07 theblue: be aware not messing with 7805 in //. It works for sure but not so clean...
Mar 31 03:06:04 I don't see how you would supply the usb ports with a separate power supply though...
Mar 31 03:06:22 pierrelux: If I only use the 'hidden' USB ports, there's no internal way to supply +5v.
Mar 31 03:06:51 pierrelux: Though a low-draw device on one of the built-in ones won't hurt, either.
Mar 31 03:08:59 would it?
Mar 31 04:50:24 yesterday I mentioned that streaming video using wintv was taking 38% of CPU... I actually changed the bitrate from 766 kbytes/s to 400kbytes/s and now it's just taking 24%.. and when copying a file to my hard-drive (using samba), cpu usages goes up to 30%, which is awesome
Mar 31 05:12:02 I'm currently using Debian Etch on the nslu2, there is a certain driver I want to compile... it was suggested yesterday that I use the master makefile... now, to compile the driver, does it have to be done on the nslu2 or could it be done on a PC with Ubuntu?
Mar 31 05:28:43 ronni: i want to do the same thing
Mar 31 05:28:59 and it seems to do it we need to rebuild the firmware
Mar 31 05:29:06 noooooo
Mar 31 05:29:09 really?
Mar 31 05:29:18 http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/DebianSlug/InstallUsbvision
Mar 31 05:29:24 according to this example
Mar 31 05:29:53 indeed I want to do the same thing to add 2 kernel modules not in the distribution
Mar 31 05:30:09 to support a home automation usb tool
Mar 31 05:30:21 give me a few mins, I want to read it... i'm trying to compile the latest pvrusb2 driver (for WinTV-PVR-USB2)
Mar 31 05:31:19 ok
Mar 31 05:35:11 Ludo_, thanks for the link, it seems to be helpful.. it seems we will have to download the kernel sources just to create the driver modules
Mar 31 05:36:05 hmmm.. I'd love to find some documentation as to the reasoning why we have to go through this process
Mar 31 05:36:13 I want to understand how this all works and why..
Mar 31 05:36:46 i think we could download the kernel source on the nslu2 too, and compile on it
Mar 31 05:36:58 if you want just add a module it should be work
Mar 31 05:37:15 and after just copied the .ko at the good place
Mar 31 05:37:24 yup
Mar 31 05:37:39 I think so.. not sure :/
Mar 31 05:37:40 hehe
Mar 31 05:38:11 hmmm.. let me check with the other nslu2 room
Mar 31 05:38:53 on second thoughts, I don't think they'll help
Mar 31 05:39:19 i'm using Debian Etch.. and they don't support people with questions involving debian
Mar 31 05:41:02 it's not the problem, it's a general question
Mar 31 05:41:13 it is the same problem with openslug
Mar 31 05:41:45 i try to follow the procedure in the URL above, but I am not able to get extra files from intel
Mar 31 05:43:34 Ludo, google
Mar 31 05:43:40 just a sec
Mar 31 05:43:42 let me check for you
Mar 31 05:44:19 http://www.intel.com/design/network/products/npfamily/ixp400_archives.htm
Mar 31 05:44:42 they're both there
Mar 31 05:44:52 "Intel Hardware Access Software" and "NPE Microcode
Mar 31 05:45:41 are you able to download it?
Mar 31 05:45:59 i tried via this site with firefox, and I got some errors
Mar 31 05:47:47 let me try
Mar 31 05:48:19 yup
Mar 31 05:48:21 try IE
Mar 31 06:01:34 i don't have ie but i got a ftp with both archives
Mar 31 06:01:45 i am on linux
Mar 31 06:18:59 so i am running "make debianslug-image"
Mar 31 12:05:04 wakey wakey
Mar 31 13:11:09 when I perform 'uname -r' on Debian Etch installed on an NSLU2, I get linux-2.6.18.4-ixp4xx
Mar 31 13:11:43 does this mean, if I need to compile a certain kernel module, I'll need a specific kernel source tree.. an ixp4xx kernel source code?
Mar 31 14:12:07 i'll be back
Mar 31 15:45:44 Anyone knows where I can find the 2.6.18.4 kernel source for Debian Etch/RC2 for ARM?
Mar 31 15:48:45 nope
Mar 31 15:49:14 thanks
Mar 31 15:49:17 Isn't the kernel for Debian on the Slug newer than that?
Mar 31 15:49:21 no
Mar 31 15:49:26 it's the same
Mar 31 15:49:35 I want to use it to compile a certain driver
Mar 31 15:49:47 I figured.
Mar 31 15:49:58 uname -r shows 2.6.18-4-ixp4xx
Mar 31 15:50:39 I know that SlugOS uses a more recent kernel... My slugs are at 2.6.20
Mar 31 15:50:45 what!
Mar 31 15:50:51 oh
Mar 31 15:51:01 joshin, are you able to easily install debian packages?
Mar 31 15:51:26 I use SlugOS to bootstrap Gentoo on 1 of my slugs and keep SlugOS on the other.
Mar 31 15:51:40 ronni: you might have better luck with that question on the debian arm channel (dunno what the specific name is, sorry)
Mar 31 15:51:41 Besides, Debian for the Slug is Little Endian and I run my Slugs Big Endian
Mar 31 15:52:20 ronni: there isn't a kernel source package?
Mar 31 15:52:29 what do you mean?
Mar 31 15:53:21 apt-get kernel-sources_2.6.18.4?
Mar 31 15:53:38 Or whatever the proper command is. Been 5 years since I last used Debian or apt
Mar 31 15:53:50 let me try it
Mar 31 15:58:44 I just found the linux headers
Mar 31 15:58:48 but not the full source
Mar 31 15:59:08 that won't be helpful right?
Mar 31 16:06:13 right
Mar 31 16:37:05 * theblue returns!
Mar 31 16:44:13 joshin, I was able to do it with just the kernel headers
Mar 31 16:44:21 I was told to do that at debian and it worked
Mar 31 16:44:46 joshin, thank you for your help.. I finally was able to get the latest driver installed
Mar 31 16:47:31 It worked!?!?! Cool! (And how surprising!) :)
Mar 31 16:48:26 Im so happy
Mar 31 16:48:28 yeah
Mar 31 16:48:43 it just took a couple of mins
Mar 31 16:49:02 now im enjoying the latest pvrusb2 driver
Mar 31 16:49:58 I'm watching live cable tv using a WinTV USB2 tuner connected to the NSLU2..streaming at 700 kilobytes per second.. the latest driver fixes the artifacts that appeared when you changed channels
Mar 31 18:55:03 caplink811 :)
Mar 31 23:12:49 .
Apr 01 00:13:05 ronni: Where'd you get the latest pvrusb2 driver?
Apr 01 00:13:25 just a sec, let me grab you the link
Apr 01 00:13:48 http://www.isely.net/pvrusb2/download.html
Apr 01 00:13:59 thanks!
Apr 01 00:14:16 np :)
Apr 01 00:14:55 I just picked up a WinTV-HVR device. My local CompUSA store is going out of business so I was able to get it at a discount. :-)
Apr 01 00:17:19 you're not going to use it with an NSLU2, but rather a normal PC?
Apr 01 00:17:34 probably a media server PC.. eh?
Apr 01 00:18:31 Thought I'd try it with the slug. Is that bad?
Apr 01 00:18:52 no no.. the HVR, it's a PCI card... right?
Apr 01 00:19:23 oh, it's actually a USB one
Apr 01 00:19:27 just checked it out
Apr 01 00:19:35 No, USB on one side, cable on the other.
Apr 01 00:19:45 yeah, I believe it's going to be hard to get it to work
Apr 01 00:20:05 you see, the one you bought does not have hardware to do mpeg2 encoding
Apr 01 00:20:12 your slug will have to do it
Apr 01 00:20:39 the one I have, WinTV-PVR-USB2 does the mpeg2 encoding in the hardware itself
Apr 01 00:20:44 Yech. Okay. Well, I'll play with it.
Apr 01 00:20:57 yeah, I would like to know if you have success with it
Apr 01 00:21:11 ok
Apr 01 00:21:41 I was actually going to buy this, but then I found out that what was being talked about in the wiki was the PVR-USB2 one... and was much more expensive
Apr 01 00:21:55 I had to pay $200 CAD for it
Apr 01 00:22:00 which sucks
Apr 01 00:24:59 ouch. Well, I can still use this on my PC anyway, if the slug doesn't work out.
Apr 01 00:25:09 I hope. :-)
Apr 01 00:25:51 yup, absolutely
Apr 01 00:29:23 Cheers.
Apr 01 00:29:55 Bottoms up! :)
Apr 01 00:31:38 * theblue passes a case of BAWLS around.
Apr 01 00:32:59 I prefer a sedative. :-)
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